Shak.
Shame"faced` (?), a. [For shamefast; AS. scamfæst. See Shame, n., and
Fast firm.] Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident;
bashful; modest.
Your shamefaced virtue shunned the people's prise.
Dryden.
Shamefaced was once shamefast, shamefacedness was shamefastness, like
steadfast and steadfastness; but the ordinary manifestations of shame
being by the face, have brought it to its present orthography. Trench.
-- Shame"faced, adv. -- Shame"faced`ness, n.
Shame"fast (?), a. [AS. scamfæst.] Modest; shamefaced. --
Shame"fast*ly, adv. -- Shame"fast*ness, n. [Archaic] See Shamefaced.
Shamefast she was in maiden shamefastness.
Chaucer.
[Conscience] is a blushing shamefast spirit.
Shak.
Modest apparel with shamefastness.